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Dr. Wells's controversial treatises: : viz. A letter to a dissenting parishioner. A letter to Mr. P. Dowley a dissenting teacher. A copy of Mr. P. Dowley's letter to Dr. Wells, with the Dr's answer. Testimonies concerning the lawfulness of the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, and the unlawfulness of separating from it. Examination of Mr. Peirce's remarks of the Dr's letter to Mr. P. Dowley. Letter to the remarker in reference to his remarks on the Dr's letter to a dissenting parishioner. Theses against the validity of Presbyterian ordination. Numb. I. II. III. IV. Animadversions on Mr. Barker, &c. Invalidity of Presbyterian ordination prov'd from the Presbyterians own doctrine of the two-fold order; or, a summary view, &c. Answer to Mr. Peirce's Postscript, &c.

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Main Author:	Wells, Edward, 1667-1727
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford: : Printed by L. Lichfield, for James Knapton bookseller, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, London., 1710.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Wells, Edward, > 1667-1727 > Early works to 1800. Church of England > Apologetic works > Early works to 1800. Presbyterianism > Controversial literature > Early works to 1800. Dissenters, Religious > England > Controversial literature > Anglican authors > Early works to 1800. Title pages > England > 18th century.
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